Long Island gas prices in slow decline

For the second straight week, gas prices on Long Island have declined, although it may be too soon to start getting excited.

Despite average gas prices falling to a low of $4.08 per gallon as of Sunday, by Monday morning the average price had risen 1.8 cents per gallon, bringing prices back up to $4.10 per gallon.

From last Sunday to yesterday, gas prices had fallen 3.7 cents per gallon, although going by Monday to Monday, that amount dwindled to just 1.9 cents per gallon.

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The silver lining, if you can call it that – gas prices are now lower than they were a year ago. On this date last year, average gas prices on Long Island topped out at $4.11 per gallon.

Nationally, prices continued to fall. The average price of gas around the country came in at $3.84 per gallon Monday morning, down $4.6 cents per gallon from a week ago, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. The national average stands just 1.1 cents higher than the same day last year.

“Average gasoline prices nationally continue to slowly drop,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. “I’ll go on the record and say that come Wednesday, I expect the national average in the U.S. will actually be lower than it was on the same day in 2011.”